Transvaginal Mesh Allegation Attorney Alert: Resource4thePeople Announces Continuation of No-Cost Consultations for Consumers in 2014
San Diego, CA (PRWEB) January 10, 2014 -- http://www.resource4thepeople.com/defectivemedicaldevices/transvaginal-mesh-lawsuit.html
Resource4thePeople today announced today that its national network of attorneys will continue to offer no-cost consultations in 2014 to consumers who are seeking compensation over allegations contained in lawsuits* alleging that transvaginal mesh implants have failed and caused women severe health problems.
“We are proud to announce that our policy of providing these consultations to consumers inquiring about allegations of transvaginal mesh failures contained in tens of thousands of federal lawsuits and the legal options that may be available to them will be resumed in 2014,” said Resource4thePeople.
The announcement was made after numerous inquiries were received from consumers about whether Resource4thePeople's national network of attorneys would, after 2013, continue to offer these consultations involving transvaginal mesh allegations, said Resource4thePeople.
“The continued increase in the number of consumers inquiring about transvaginal mesh allegations has paralleled the increase in numbers in a massive multidistrict litigation* and demonstrates that there are a great number of affected consumers seeking experienced, aggressive legal help,” said Resource4thePeople.
Among the defendants named in these transvaginal mesh lawsuits are such major manufacturers of mesh as American Medical Systems, Inc., Boston Scientific Corp., C. R. Bard, Inc., Ethicon, Inc. and others, according to the court files.
Transvaginal mesh is frequently used to treat pelvic organ prolapse and urinary incontinence, two medical problems common to women as they age and their abdominal muscles weaken.
Resource4thePeople also announced that it will continue to update consumers about the latest important developments in this litigation alleging that transvaginal mesh implants have failed and caused women severe health problems.
One such recent development is that a key trial in the litigation has been rescheduled. The case** involves allegations by a woman seeking damages from C.R. Bard over an Avaulta pelvic mesh device which was implanted in her body and caused her serious health problems, according to the court file in the case.
The trial, which was originally scheduled to begin Dec. 3, 2013, has been rescheduled to Jan. 10, 2014 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
"This case is one of the bellwether trials selected from thousands of lawsuits filed against Bard grouped together in this jurisdiction in which women are claiming that the transvaginal mesh products were defectively designed and they suffered mesh erosion, chronic pain, infections, and other complications," said Resource4thePeople.
The rescheduled trial was preceded by another federal court trial also involving allegations involving C.R. Bard’s Avaulta transvaginal mesh in which a jury awarded $2 million in damages to a woman who claimed that she suffered serious health problems from the product, according to the court file in the case.***
“That jury found in favor of a woman making serious allegations about the safety of transvaginal mesh, which has been implanted in tens of thousands of American women to treat pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence and other health problems,” said Resource4thePeople.
“Evidence in the case of the woman’s severe pain and the erosion and extrusion of the device mirrors the allegations in thousands of other mesh lawsuits that are pending and we view the verdict for the plaintiff as a positive development for other cases still to be heard.”
There are now over 36,000 transvaginal mesh lawsuits with similar allegations grouped together in what is called a multidistrict litigation before a single judge in the West Virginia district.
These figures**** were recently compiled by U.S. court officials.
The $2 million in damages was awarded to a Georgia nurse who claimed that a Bard Avaulta Plus mesh implant she had in 2009 was defective and caused her to suffer serious health problems, including several corrective surgeries, according to the court file.
The jury awarded the woman $250,000 in compensatory damages and $1.75 million in punitive damages, according to the court file in the case.
Resource4thePeople is also informing consumers that Bloomberg News has reported in a Sept. 30, 2013 posting***** that settlement discussions are underway involving manufacturers C.R. Bard, Endo Health Solutions, Boston Scientific and two other companies.
"Lawyers for Bard, Endo Health Solutions Inc., Boston Scientific Corp. and two other companies making vaginal inserts to support women’s pelvic muscles and treat incontinence have begun talks about settling all suits over their products, the people familiar with the matter said," according to the report. “Johnson & Johnson, which also faces suits over the inserts, isn’t involved in the talks, said the people, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly."
Resource4thePeople supports settlement talks as a positive step in the interests of consumers who may have been affected by these allegations.
"When lawsuits are filed there are always the possibilities of settlements being reached before cases go to trial," said Resource4thePeople.
Bloomberg in its report quoted Judge Joseph Goodwin as telling the attorneys:
“I know you all are considering settlement protocols and the possibility of resolutions,” Goodwin said at a Sept. 18 court hearing. He noted the talks were going on “behind the scenes.”
Sources:
*In re: American Medical Systems, Inc., Pelvic Repair Systems Products Liability Litigation (MDL-2325); In re: Boston Scientific Corp., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation (MDL-2326); In re: C. R. Bard, Inc. Pelvic System Products Liability Litigation (MDL-2187); In re: Ethicon, Inc., Pelvic Repair System Products Liability Litigation (MDL-2327), all in U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia
**Carolyn Jones v. C.R. Bard Inc. et al, Case # 2:11cv0114, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia
***Cisson v. C.R. Bard, Inc., 2:11-cv-00195, U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia (Charleston)
****http://www.jpml.uscourts.gov/sites/jpml/files/Pending_MDL_Dockets_By_District-November-18-2013.pdf
*****http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-30/bard-vaginal-mesh-makers-said-to-be-in-settlement-talks.html
Bill Callahan, iLawSuit, +1 858 602-2749, [email protected]
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